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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 709855 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2052 of my 6,103 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2117 votes

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What a  vibrant, skillful

Posted on Sat, 13 Feb 2021

What a  vibrant, skillful uplifting, comforting piece of writing, I enjoyed it very much, thank you!

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Posted in Sidewalks, Bicycles, Ice Cream, Barbecues...and Friends

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I long to ask you what this

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

I long to ask you what this is about, on the other hand, it keeps seeming to mean different things when I read it, so knowing might make it smaller. What is the same each time is how beautiful the images are eg "soft crystal curves"

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Posted in After the Blizzard

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this is so exciting! I loved

Posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2021

this is so exciting! I loved it - would never have thought of shoving, but it's perfect, giving the idea of eagerness. And I love the peace of the 2 wide, flat A sounds at the end - vast made me think of the sky and last the sea wrapping round...

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Posted in River in Spate

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loved this one! You are

Posted on Tue, 02 Feb 2021

loved this one! You are amazing at catching fleeting moments of infinite beauty.

The two feet bit made me think of when I saw a deer this afternoon, in very windy woods, and just as you say, it was my solidity that struck me, compared to...

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Posted in I Cannot Explain

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That IS  stubborn!

Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2021

That IS  stubborn!

Could you have defined and  realigned to contuinue the strong rhyme? Eg

though sees through mist a wrong defined

his point of view still can't be ever realigned

only with your brilliant springy...

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Posted in A mind made up

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"Showery and cool the day" is

Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2021

"Showery and cool the day" is musical as a song itself!

and I liked the repetition of V sounds in "quiver" and "over"

"untamed routes" made me think of a  cowboy at a rodeo seeing how long they can stay on :0)

"gently prosper...

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Posted in Drifting On The Muse

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I love herring gulls, and I

Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2021

I love herring gulls, and I love this poem, too!

 

cries that pull threads

of understanding

yes!

from a rooftop, a silver

wing to seize the wind

gorgeous

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Posted in Herring Gull

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Love this! Exactly how I

Posted on Sat, 16 Jan 2021

Love this! Exactly how I rememeber it :0) Spotify is great, would never have heard any of the music I like now, without it, but the foreplay of records is a wonderful thing, and you have recreated it perfectly

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Posted in Darren's Records

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Are you describing a crab

Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2021

Are you describing a crab apple and a sweet apple? Cos birds love crab apples just as much, and the colours are gorgeous :0)

There is something very deep about holding a warm apple while it is still attached to the tree, isn't there? I...

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Posted in Apple Tree

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There's such a magical feel

Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2021

There's such a magical feel to this poem - I love the idea of mist being moths'wings

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Posted in Vagabonds of Memory

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